Black and Blue
Counting Crows
Standard Tuning
Key: F (sometimes Bb)
Piano transcribed for guitar
Intro:
GmC-Csus4GmC
Verse 1:
FDm
Fading everything to black and blue
Am
You look a lot like you'd
CmBb
Shatter in the blink of an eye
GmC
But you keep sailing right on through
FDm
Every time you say you're learning
Am
You just look a lot like me
CmBb
Pale under the blistering sky
GmC
White and red black and blue
Chorus 1:
GmC
You've been waiting a long time
GmC
You've been waiting a long time
BbF
To fall down on your knees
C
Cut your hands
GmBb
Cut yourself until you bleed
FGm
Fall asleep next to me
Verse 2:
FDm
Wait for everyone to go away
AmCmBb
And in a dimly lit room where you've got nothing to hide
GmC
Say your good-byes
FDmAm
Tell yourself we'll read a note that says I'm sorry everyone
CmBb
I'm tired of feeling nothing goodbye
GmC
Wash your face dry your eyes
Chorus 2:
GmC
You've been waiting a long time
GmC
You've been waiting a long, long time
BbF
To fall down on your knees
C
Cut your hands
GmBb
Cut yourself until you bleed
FC
But fall asleep next to me
GmBbF
Have a dream I'm falling down on my face
CGmBb
Scrape my knees scrape my hands until they bleed
FGm
Cause you're fast asleep next to me
Gm
Next to me...